Africa not ‘walking away’ from AstraZeneca vaccine

Africa is not spurning the AstraZeneca vaccine. It will be administered in those countries without the South African variant.   This makes perfect sense. If a country does not have the South African variant, the vaccine should work well.       Read More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa/africa-not-walking-away-from-astrazeneca-covid-19-vaccine-cdc-says-idUSKBN2AB0Q4    

US revives support for WHO

The new Administration immediately pledged its support for the WHO and its vaccine initiative to provide Covid vaccines to developing countries. The only way we get out of this pandemic is to help all countries get out of the pandemic!   Read More:  https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/us-to-join-global-coronavirus-vaccine-program/507-9d3efa26-e250-42f4-82fa-eeae361abe5c        

Monday Reflections (Feb 8, 2021)

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”― Eleanor Roosevelt

How Orphans Brought the Smallpox Vaccine to the Americas

An amazing story of how the vaccine for smallpox was delivered to the Americas before there was a “cold chain” to keep the virus viable   Read More: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/01/orphans-smallpox-vaccine-distribution/617646/  

Monday Motivation (Feb 1, 2021)

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can’t fail if you do that. — Anita Hill, government worker

New Discovery Could Stop Dengue Fever

A new antibody attacks a protein the virus makes, not the virus itself. Now, it may be possible to make a new vaccine that will not set off the severe form of dengue- dengue hemorrhagic fever. Read More: https://www.freethink.com/articles/new-dengue-discovery  

Time To Look At the Sewage in Cities

Research shows that sewage in large cities should be routinely tested to provide an early warning system for future outbreaks of lethal disease and pandemics and to be part of ongoing Covid-19 surveillance. This type of surveillance should probably be extended beyond major cities.   READ MORE: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/sewage-in-cities-offers-chance-to-warn-of-future-virus-outbreaks-1.4454739      Testing of sewage offers a relatively economical way …

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